One can dislike this car for whatever reason, but each car of that era is so unique and interesting in its own way. It basically had a virtual cockpit in 2006. I think this is such a cool ride!
My father swore by these... he loved the first one he bought so much, that he then bought another, used one for his winter "snowbird" home. I've always preferred small/subcompact cars, but the number of times I had driven one of his Pacificas, I found it felt much smaller than it actually was. It wasn't until I looked in the rearview mirror that I realized there was another 15 feet of car behind me.
An interesting fact, there were dealerships up here in Canada that were doing an offer to get these off their hands, by buying one of these, a friend or family member could get a PT Cruiser for literally $1 Canadian. You had to come in to the dealership at the same time though.
I think this was one of the first product to release with the German’s influence. I agree that interior was amazing but shortly after their interiors were lackluster till the 09 Ram but even this was better than that imo.
It's just funny how they got as far away from the Pacifica's SUV crossover roots as possible by the next generation into it's current one with being nothing but a Minivan.
I really liked the way the Pacifica looked when it was released. I test drove one in 2007. My goal was to buy it. It was too disappointing to buy. The transmission was rough. It was jerking already. I drive a 282,000 mile Dodge now. I've had if for years. The transmission is flawless.
And yet 20 years later this is the ONLY class of vehicle everyone wants… This could have gone so far, Gen by Gen, if it weren’t for the repeated changing of hands corporate mergers of confusion with CDJR.
Yea they had a lot of things right here, you can see a little bit of X5 resemblance too. And obviously, RX inspiration. Instead they turn it into a minivan???
As i always says, the only thing Chrysler is good at id designing beautiful cars because i absolutely loved the exterior and interior of this car, very cool for its time! Sadly plagued with Chrysler problems
This, surprisingly, was one of the very few reliable vehicles Chrysler has made since the 80s. Still no Toyota, but you actually see these around on the road every so often, and it held up decently well on CarComplaints. Shame it only lasted for a handful of years, it was pretty nice overall
Lmao, the Pacifica was garbage. It was the early 00's Kia Telluride. Bought by rubes who thought it looked fancy, so was a "better deal" than a Highlander. Then they all broke, lol.
I agree that’s a good looking CUV, especially the interior, that back though is kinda awkward. No rly, it’s of my favorite interiors from Chrysler, it’s very beautiful, unique, and even menacing.
They were supposed to make another generation of this and Fiat at the last minute cancelled this and invested in a platform that only AR can and have mostly used.
Not really, considering the 1st gen GMC Acadia came out 3 years later, similar in its design mission, but unfortunately, just as unreliable. Don’t see many 2007-17 Acadia/Traverse/Enclave or 08-10 Saturn Outlooks left.
These were huge flops; they lasted like 5 model years and then were cancelled. I remember a neighbour had one, they had to get rid of it after 50,000 km because it had lot of faults!
Maybe i just haven’t seen many of them…. I only remember few on the roads when they were out! But i do remember my neighbour’s having troubles from what my dad told me 😂😂
Nice car, fully loaded, low front end to cheap the bottom pieces always falls off. Then that transmission! Should of put a Toyota engine and transmission.
Poor? These were a massive flop! Chrysler tried but with 5 model years they failed to sell any at all… Think total sold was 64,000 or something like that. In comparison the Honda odyssey sold 140,000 within 2 years of the same model years. One of my neighbours owned one of these, they got rid of it after 3 years and 50,000 km Had engine faults!
I gotta give it huge credit for having such a bad ass and very futuristic yet still very modern looking digital lcd display that’s nicely integrated into the normal gauge area…very modern looking indeed, even for today(2day being the 1st day of 2025) too bad everything else, including the exterior screams boring!!
I personally think it to be quite ugly along with a lot of other Chrysler products of this era. The Pacifica did not age well at all. The Ram and the 300 were the best looking cars from Chrysler of this era imo.
My dad had a 2005 Pacifica and it was super unreliable and had lots of electrical and mechanical issues. It also left my family stranded 6 times within 5 years and all of them were on road trips.
Chrysler Pacifica But, it's 1982 K Based, all the Chrysler elegance in body and interior design language, but, in something the shape of a Stanza wagon
Engine mounts, transmission mounts, engine, water pump- which was located inside the engine - piece of junk. Dodge/Chrysler make the absolute worst vehicle.
What's crazy is Fiat renamed the town and country to the name of a failed, poorly made, gas guzzler, unreliable, and very ugly CUV This and the traverse from Chevy are the two last reliable families cars of the modern era
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One can dislike this car for whatever reason, but each car of that era is so unique and interesting in its own way. It basically had a virtual cockpit in 2006. I think this is such a cool ride!
These were out in 2003, believe sales started around spring of that year
@ April 2003.
@ Correct, and I think sales started somewhere around March to April like you said
My father swore by these... he loved the first one he bought so much, that he then bought another, used one for his winter "snowbird" home.
I've always preferred small/subcompact cars, but the number of times I had driven one of his Pacificas, I found it felt much smaller than it actually was. It wasn't until I looked in the rearview mirror that I realized there was another 15 feet of car behind me.
An interesting fact, there were dealerships up here in Canada that were doing an offer to get these off their hands, by buying one of these, a friend or family member could get a PT Cruiser for literally $1 Canadian. You had to come in to the dealership at the same time though.
Wow
This era of Chrysler will always have my heart. That digital Cage cluster was so awesome back then.
That gauge cluster was cutting edge for the time especially from Chrysler
Honestly it was ahead of its time
Borrowed from Mercedes.
Absolutely it looks like the cluster from a w220 mercedes s class
@@uberenthusiasts it was a good move
It was derived from Mercedes Benz, that's why it looked cutting edge at the time. But still cheaply made inside and out either way.
S-Class instrument cluster. Nice touch Daimler
I see that too
This showed the direction of Chrysler's interiors were going. They got WORSE across the board after this BECAUSE of the Germans.
I think this was one of the first product to release with the German’s influence. I agree that interior was amazing but shortly after their interiors were lackluster till the 09 Ram but even this was better than that imo.
This car was released 8 years after the merger and uses a Mercedes instrument cluster... so how gain did Mercedes destroy it?
@@uberenthusiasts ~4 years after actually
@@uberenthusiasts The car was designed by Chrysler but had some Mercedes underpinnings and technology.
@@mustasheolll2020So as usual Mercedes did the heavy lifting.
It's just funny how they got as far away from the Pacifica's SUV crossover roots as possible by the next generation into it's current one with being nothing but a Minivan.
I still see these around sometimes. Surprising.
The first gen Pacifica looks good, reminds me of simpler and easier times from the mid 2000s.
Simple times is what this generic blob inspired in you? How so. Their current version (now a minivan) has a more simple looking exterior and interior.
My aunt had one in the early 2010s and it was one complicated piece of automotive hell.
@@jayda1k_ mercedes based sooo
I really liked the way the Pacifica looked when it was released. I test drove one in 2007. My goal was to buy it. It was too disappointing to buy. The transmission was rough. It was jerking already.
I drive a 282,000 mile Dodge now. I've had if for years. The transmission is flawless.
And yet 20 years later this is the ONLY class of vehicle everyone wants…
This could have gone so far, Gen by Gen, if it weren’t for the repeated changing of hands corporate mergers of confusion with CDJR.
Yea they had a lot of things right here, you can see a little bit of X5 resemblance too. And obviously, RX inspiration. Instead they turn it into a minivan???
That s class looking gauge cluster was so damn cool , too bad the cars fell apart
As i always says, the only thing Chrysler is good at id designing beautiful cars because i absolutely loved the exterior and interior of this car, very cool for its time! Sadly plagued with Chrysler problems
I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen one of these, and I live in a very populated city …
The 3 competitor crossovers mentioned are still around. The Lexus RX is thriving. This thing lasted 5 model years until 2008.
The music feels like a 70s game show.
This, surprisingly, was one of the very few reliable vehicles Chrysler has made since the 80s. Still no Toyota, but you actually see these around on the road every so often, and it held up decently well on CarComplaints. Shame it only lasted for a handful of years, it was pretty nice overall
Its known for tranny and electronic failure
That is nonsense. The bits on the Paciffica were shared across the board. It is just as reliable as any of the other D/C creations.
It’s not reliable 😂
Lmao, the Pacifica was garbage. It was the early 00's Kia Telluride. Bought by rubes who thought it looked fancy, so was a "better deal" than a Highlander. Then they all broke, lol.
Lay off the breakfast bourbon. These were miserable trash.
I had a twin to this. I leased it and it was a really nice car. My only complaint was the dismal fuel economy.
Let's stop pretending this was a good car. Within 2 years the interior turned to crap and the drivetrain fell apart.
Your comment is not based in any reality. It is hyperbolic fiction.
In a 2003 review they said the interior looked nice but didn’t feel nice, I would believe that being it’s a Chrysler.
Finally a voice of reason! Anyone who thinks these were good has to get their head checked
You must’ve never owned one. We had one and it lasted 8 years 160K (rusty and falling apart) quality isnt great on the long run.
It’s a Mercedes, so what else did you expect?
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I remember my friends mom buying one of these used and she got rid of it pretty quick and picked up a Hemi 300.
The OG CUV
I agree that’s a good looking CUV, especially the interior, that back though is kinda awkward. No rly, it’s of my favorite interiors from Chrysler, it’s very beautiful, unique, and even menacing.
1:37 so true what a beautiful vehicle
Aimed at the MDX and RX330.
I mean could this be considered one of the first crossovers? I think the X5 is probably the first crossover, or RAV4.
The Lexus RX was the first crossover
I wish they made this crossover/ SUV had the same platform as the 300. This would've been a much better crossover or SUV
Cool.
2:57 Don’t know why but that looked hilarious 😂
This vehicle was wayyyyyyy ahead of its time.
They were supposed to make another generation of this and Fiat at the last minute cancelled this and invested in a platform that only AR can and have mostly used.
My ‘03 Blazer got totaled by one. So there’s that!
3:50 Why does it look like theres a stick figure moving on the left side of the screen by the cones?😂
I think that's a hanging wire, but it does look like a dancing figure 😂.
God I wanted my mother to get one of these so bad! My father convinced her to get a Buick Rendezvous instead 😩
It’s also much better looking imo. Honestly I like the look of these.
Yeah these were better than the rendezvous.... I wanted my mom to get one really bad too at the time had to wait till I was a grown up lol
Who else was Today Years old when’s they found out it had a digital navigation screen in the dash cluster?!?!?
The first real crossover? Too far ahead of its time?
I haven’t seen one of these in years. All rusted away
They were 10 years too early with this fantastic crossover!
What? This is when crossovers took over. AMC started it but didn't catch on til the 2000s.
Not really, considering the 1st gen GMC Acadia came out 3 years later, similar in its design mission, but unfortunately, just as unreliable. Don’t see many 2007-17 Acadia/Traverse/Enclave or 08-10 Saturn Outlooks left.
@@briantorres7339 Not to mention many of those catch fire, same with the Pacifica. Just American cars in general tbh.
What and absolute horrendous rolling pile these became
THis was a great car on paper....it had so many design cues from Mercedes Benz of the same era.
No not really at all
It wasn't a paper exercise. It was a real car. They sold them and people bought them - and it was a great car in practice.
@@MyerShift7 Yeah - other than power seat controls, not many design similarities.
Chryslers ALWAYS look good ON PAPER
Such a shame, Kreitler was going in the right direction when they partnered up with Mercedes.
Aw.. the Mercedes era of Chrysler .
These were huge flops; they lasted like 5 model years and then were cancelled.
I remember a neighbour had one, they had to get rid of it after 50,000 km because it had lot of faults!
They sold 400k of them between 2004-2008-1/2. And most saw 200k plus miles. Not a barn burner then but by todays standards, those are healthy numbers
Maybe i just haven’t seen many of them…. I only remember few on the roads when they were out!
But i do remember my neighbour’s having troubles from what my dad told me 😂😂
Nice car, fully loaded, low front end to cheap the bottom pieces always falls off. Then that transmission! Should of put a Toyota engine and transmission.
This is a very nice SUV - Chrysler doesn’t even make anything like this anymore - then they make it a minivan???
9.5
Poor Chrysler
Poor? These were a massive flop!
Chrysler tried but with 5 model years they failed to sell any at all…
Think total sold was 64,000 or something like that.
In comparison the Honda odyssey sold 140,000 within 2 years of the same model years.
One of my neighbours owned one of these, they got rid of it after 3 years and 50,000 km
Had engine faults!
@@RetroKingOG They almost hit sales goals in 2004 (second year these were out) so it had potential
Shame Chrysler only sells a van now.
The design and technology at the time was very innovative however the reliability was so shitty they didn’t last very long.
I agree, and I think this was their best interior they made in the 2000s
I had a 2006. I loved it until the transmission exploded.
My coworker has 247,000 miles on her Pacifica.
I gotta give it huge credit for having such a bad ass and very futuristic yet still very modern looking digital lcd display that’s nicely integrated into the normal gauge area…very modern looking indeed, even for today(2day being the 1st day of 2025) too bad everything else, including the exterior screams boring!!
I agree that interior is awesome, though that steering wheel looks cheap imo
Hilariously, This is the first and so far ONLY crossover Chrysler has ever produce under their own name.
I’m worried about them
I personally think it to be quite ugly along with a lot of other Chrysler products of this era. The Pacifica did not age well at all. The Ram and the 300 were the best looking cars from Chrysler of this era imo.
What year do you think it look?
It has a really terrible rear end 3/4 look it looks like a fat pig 🐷 I will agree but I still liked mine
R-Class ugh the only 2 two vehicles that DaimlerChrysler dead together
Daimler Chrysler era
The first ones were nice and unique looking they did not look like minivans but the second gen look like any other minivan I did not like that one
This car and the Acura zdx were ahead of their times. Considering that Chrysler sells only one vehicle, there seems to space for such a vehicle again.
My dad had a 2005 Pacifica and it was super unreliable and had lots of electrical and mechanical issues. It also left my family stranded 6 times within 5 years and all of them were on road trips.
Chrysler Pacifica
But, it's 1982 K Based, all the Chrysler elegance in body and interior design language, but, in something the shape of a Stanza wagon
Are you serious? This is well past the Lee Iacocca days.
@@mervinprone It’s a hypothetical thought experiment I just came up with bud..
This car was still sponsored by the Germans.
I never liked this car.
Cool car but it was unreliable junk
Too bad these were garbage.
They showed lots of promise.
Engine mounts, transmission mounts, engine, water pump- which was located inside the engine - piece of junk. Dodge/Chrysler make the absolute worst vehicle.
Mercedes with a Chrysler badge
Shame it was so unreliable!!!
it wasn;'t. Who told you that? There are no statistics to support your drooling mutters,.
As long as rest didn't get to it these were Rock solid
What's crazy is Fiat renamed the town and country to the name of a failed, poorly made, gas guzzler, unreliable, and very ugly CUV
This and the traverse from Chevy are the two last reliable families cars of the modern era
I think you might have bumped your noggin
Last reliable or least reliable?
It’s not ugly…
I like it the look of it and so does my mom
The traverse is ugly though, except for the new one that just came out
This was the Chevrolet Traverse before the Chevrolet Traverse